South Carolina Kids Count County Ranking Sheets

Percentage of Births to Mothers who were Single (Including Paternity Acknowleged) in 2005

Rank	County	All	White	African-American and Other
1	Pickens	31.2	28.9	56.7
2	Oconee	32.9	29.7	64.4
3	Beaufort	33.0	22.8	58.7
4	Lexington	34.4	27.2	62.2
5	Spartanburg	35.0	23.7	67.1
6	Greenville	35.9	26.8	64.5
7	York	37.9	28.9	65.7
8	Newberry	38.2	20.4	70.5
9	Dorchester	38.2	28.0	61.6
10	Berkeley	39.2	31.2	57.2
11	Anderson	41.2	33.5	72.9
12	Aiken	42.6	29.4	71.5
13	Charleston	42.9	21.0	75.3
14	Kershaw	44.7	33.3	72.0
15	Horry	45.2	37.1	69.8
16	Richland	45.6	20.7	64.2
17	Cherokee	47.0	34.6	80.7
18	Georgetown	47.2	29.3	71.9
19	Edgefield	47.2	23.7	73.5
20	Sumter	47.3	23.7	70.7
21	Union	47.9	35.2	72.9
22	Florence	48.8	24.1	71.9
23	Abbeville	49.4	30.8	88.5
24	Calhoun	49.7	22.8	73.9
25	Laurens	50.4	38.3	78.4
26	Darlington	51.6	30.6	74.0
27	Jasper	52.0	37.2	72.2
28	Chesterfield	52.4	34.1	78.6
29	Greenwood	52.5	37.3	78.4
30	Hampton	54.3	32.1	68.0
31	Barnwell	54.3	28.1	77.6
32	Colleton	55.1	37.3	75.7
33	Lancaster	55.5	40.7	83.3
34	Clarendon	57.1	30.3	75.5
35	Saluda	57.1	46.5	84.7
36	Chester	60.7	42.4	82.1
37	Bamberg	60.7	23.1	74.8
38	Fairfield	61.2	42.9	69.7
39	Dillon	62.4	43.1	78.6
40	Orangeburg	63.1	38.0	73.9
41	Williamsburg	63.2	31.9	73.7
42	Marion	64.7	32.1	80.0
43	Marlboro	65.8	46.0	75.9
44	Lee	66.0	34.4	77.7
45	McCormick	66.2	40.0	83.0
46	Allendale	75.5	25.9	86.7
	South Carolina	43.4	28.6	70.0

* 1 is best, 46 is worst.